Rhauderfehn: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, SPD became the largest group on the council of Rhauderfehn with 24.9% (8 of 32 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Rhauderfehn with 26.7% of the second votes, SPD took 23.4%.
- Turnout82.4% · Leer (Wkr. 025) 82.8% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters11,912 of 14,459 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +5.3 · Grüne −3.9 · CDU −1.4
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency25 Unterems
2026 local elections in Rhauderfehn
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Rhauderfehn, as of 14.09.2026 00:04. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilSPD 24.9% · 8 of 32 seats
- MayorGeert Müller (Einzelbewerber), 67.0%
- District council, votes from RhauderfehnSPD 31.4%
- Turnout64.7% · district council election 64.6%
- SPD24.9% · 8 seats
- CDU18.9% · 6 seats
- AfD18.7% · 6 seats
- MOIN14.9% · 5 seats
- UR8.7% · 3 seats
- GRÜNE8.1% · 3 seats
- Wählergemeinschaft Stimme des Bürgers Rhauderfehn2.7%
- FDP1.3%
- all mitnanner1.0%
- Nehuis, Einzelwahlvorschlag0.9%
Turnout 64.7% · 15,026 eligible voters · 32 seats · Preliminary result · 31 of 31 results
Source: Gemeinde Rhauderfehn, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 00:04. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03457018/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Rhauderfehn
- Müller, Einzelbewerber67.0%
- Ojemann, MOIN26.2%
- Vesper, GRÜNE6.9%
Turnout 64.8% · 15,026 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 31 of 31 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Rhauderfehn
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Leer is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD31.4%
- AfD21.1%
- CDU16.3%
- MOIN Landkreis Leer11.6%
- GRÜNE6.8%
- Wählergemeinschaft Stimme des Bürgers Rhauderfehn4.8%
- Die Linke4.8%
- BSW2.0%
- FDP1.3%
Turnout 64.6% · 15,099 eligible voters · 31 of 31 results
District administrator election
- Groote, SPD54.2%
- Bade, Einzelwahlvorschlag Bade38.5%
- Völker, FDP7.3%
Turnout 64.6% · 15,099 eligible voters · 31 of 31 results
Second votes in Rhauderfehn
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU26.7%-1.4
- SPD23.4%+0.4
- AfD23.1%+5.3
- Grüne7.6%-3.9
- Linke7.3%-0.8
- BSW4.4%+0.6
- FDP3.8%-0.3
- Freie Wähler1.0%+0.2
- Volt0.4%-0.2
- Others2.5%+0.3
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 3,156 | 26.7% | 26.2% | 28.1% (-1.4) | 22.6% (+4.1) |
| SPD | 2,770 | 23.4% | 25.5% | 23.0% (+0.4) | 16.4% (+7.0) |
| AfD | 2,731 | 23.1% | 21.9% | 17.8% (+5.3) | 20.8% (+2.3) |
| Grüne | 894 | 7.6% | 8.1% | 11.5% (-3.9) | 11.6% (-4.0) |
| Linke | 861 | 7.3% | 7.2% | 8.1% (-0.8) | 8.8% (-1.5) |
| BSW | 525 | 4.4% | 4.1% | 3.8% (+0.6) | 5.0% (-0.6) |
| FDP | 444 | 3.8% | 3.5% | 4.1% (-0.3) | 4.3% (-0.5) |
| Freie Wähler | 114 | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.8% (+0.2) | – |
| Volt | 42 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 299 | 2.5% | 2.4% | 2.2% (+0.3) | 10.6% (-8.1) |
Source: Federal Returning Officer, 2025 federal election, results by polling district (file), final result, retrieved 7 Sep 2026, Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0. Municipal results are the sum of a municipality's polling districts including the postal-vote districts assigned to it. State and federal results: Federal Returning Officer, kerg2.csv, official final result. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Rhauderfehn: location in the Leer district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Rhauderfehn highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.